Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Welcome to day 7 of the April Shower's Mug Rug Hop.. Thanks to Erin and Mdme Samm for hosting and organizing this fun event.

There has been so many fun mug rugs. I hope you have been enjoying them!

Here is my mug rugs..

When I signed up for the hop, I knew I wanted to use my Cameo cutting machine in some way. I choose this cute bird and used the machine to cut it out of some duck cotton that was fused to some double sided Heat and Bond.

For the larger rug, I fused the bird to the second fabric and did a zig zag around it..I'm not the best sewer so this isn't perfect. Something to practice!

It was quilted with diagonal lines on the side panels and vertical lines in on the red

I made it long to hold a snack.. or two.. or three.. ﻿

When I cut out the bird, I made sure to place it so that the piece with the cut out could also be used. I placed some fabric behind it cutout and made a quick second coaster.

Mine are quite simple compared to some of the other ladies.. This was my first time making one. It is a fun project that you can make as simple or complicated as you like.

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Next I came across this YouTube video with Lazy Girl designs, which showed the contruction of a square bottom tote a way I haven't seen. The lining is partially attached to the exterior during contruction. Several tips are also mentioned throughtout the video. Thought it was interesting and maybe some of you might enjoy watching it too.

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Emmaline Bags is having a giveaway for her new bag pattern.. It looks like a great bag and will be on my list to try. The giveaway also includes a hardware kit for the bag! Check out the blog for some pics of some great bags by Janelle's testers

Thursday, 4 April 2013

This was the package.. my 3.5 year old son said "Pretty!" when he saw it in the mailbox

And the contents..

Did I say SPOILED

First check out this awesome thread catcher/pin cushion duo. I just realized that bucket hangs on the loop of the pin cushion. Will be so useful. And the button.. just awesome. I was just reading Mary's blog and she indicated the button was a earring! How creative is that.

There are pockets on the hanging part!

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And the other stuff:

Purse Frame and pattern from my partner's stash.

Mary said she also uses a Cameo cutting machine and sent me some interfacing for fabric cutting!

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

I signed up for the Covert Robin Handmade Swap hosted by Imagine Gnats. I'm not going to reveal who I was assigned since they are likely going to recieve it this week. But I'm sure she doesn't read my blog so figured it was safe to post about it.

Now my intention was to make some thing else with my Cameo cutting machine like a small canvas stenciled painting but discovered that my assignee was more than talented in that department so I decided to stick with my strength and made her another purse.

This one is a 3 way purse. It can be a clutch folded without the strap or a crossbody purse worn folded or unfolded.

Clutch without strap or small crossbody with strap

I have made a similiar one before but made a few changes to this version.

The one thing I was really happy about was that I figured out a new zipper pocket application where the zipper is hidden.

Larger crossbody

See in the middle where the circles are not complete.. There's a zipper pocket there

Hidden zipper pull peeking out at the right

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I'm thinking I might post a tutorial on the zipper pocket application. I took the photos and just need to find the time to write it up.

The back has a large pocket that closes with a magnetic snap. That pocket contains the rings to attach straps when worn folded. I didn't get a good photo of this

After finishing the bag, I realized I forgot to put the magnetic snap for the main closure.. I could have left it as is but it was bothering me. Luckily I had some sew-in magnetic snaps and was able to come up with a way to use them on the finished bag. The snaps are inside the tabs.

I also played around with creating a zipper pull from washi tape.. It doesn't match too well but I included it as I thought it was cute!

And lastly I created a paper pendant as a small addition..

You'll see these all over Pinterest using washers, scrap book paper and dimensional glaze. I decided to try with out the washer.. cause I'm a rebel like that..

I wanted to add a proper closure and some proper jewelery hardware (is that's what it's called??) but the beading section at the craft store confused me and I couldn't figure out what I needed. So I left it simple.

So that's it. It's been a crazy few weeks for me and in my rush to get this mailed last week, I totally forgot to explain how the 3 way bag works in the note to my recipient. So I'll have to email her once I know she recieved it. Hope she likes it!